Scottym Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Could this be the next gen of XW Casio controller synths for the future ? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Display Name Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Holy moly!!! And I thought I was a mad scientist photoshopper. That looks cool! Maybe a little busy.. but I like where you're going. I would trade some of that real estate for a larger color touchscreen. Welcome to the forums... If you haven't joined the XW Facebook group, come on over there as well. Keep the ideas coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XW-Addict Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 OMGoooosh that a MasSivE!! keyboard take my money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Wow A controller synth? Controller for what? The Space Shuttle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottym Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Holy moly!!! And I thought I was a mad scientist photoshopper. That looks cool! Maybe a little busy.. but I like where you're going. I would trade some of that real estate for a larger color touchscreen. Welcome to the forums... If you haven't joined the XW Facebook group, come on over there as well. Keep the ideas coming! I don't currently atm have either of the XW Casio Synths, but I was intreged in what they were capabile of and was considering buying the XW-G1 in particular when they were revealed at Namm 2012. I never got round to getting one, perhaps because I was holding out on a keyboard that would cover all my needs for the right price which I know is difficult. I use Propellerheads Reason 7 & Reaktor and I'm familiar with Nektars Panorama as a Reason dedicated option but there are still aspects and ommisions of it I feel let it down to question buying one. The price of the XW range has been cut by around £250 since the original price of around £450 so I'm very tempted to pick one up very soon. Holding out on whats going to come in Namm 2014 is maybe a wiser option though :-/. Anyway back on topic, I regulary redesign and create original designs/concepts of both music hardware and synth gui's I think I'd enjoy doing and generally improve my photoshop skills, and once I've done one I'll move onto a new project. I felt the combining of both the XW G1 and P1 added with desirable features was a fun challenge at the time. I did this back around Feb-March 2012 and thought I'd post it here seeing as I heard Casio had something on the grapevine soon. Currently I'm in the process of other projects so don't see more designs of the XW range on the horizon atm. Thanks guys ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XW-Addict Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 I've seen a considerate price drop for the Casio synths as well the P1 went from 600 euro to 389 so its some sort of sign right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottym Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Here is the original version which was posted over on the Gearsutz and Props forums back in 2012, it's similar feature wise, I think Mike Martin did see this, so who knows if Casio HQ got wind of it and though humm... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Null Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Where's the Wheelie Bar and the Streamers? No performance machine is complete without streamers :D Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Arend Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Beam me up Scotty!!! Those two fantasy synth's are awesome!!! I cant help but think if some of the creative people on this forum got together and formed their own synth company The result would be synthesizer's that are decade's ahead of what big manufacturer's are currently producing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Display Name Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I cant help but think if some of the creative people on this forum got together and formed their own synth company I'm guessing something like this: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Percivale Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Wow. Should increase the LCD size though. Is Casio reading this.. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomo Alegre Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Hello.I have reported good and the CASIO XW-Z can be controlled to the wife, children, neighbors, the boss, the bank manager and the Mir space station. But this model has a major flaw: where is the power button? Ha ha ha ha Too small among so many buttons and knobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottym Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 This was still a work in progress version I did after the first one I posted in my opening post, I didn't really get round to finishing it but thought I'd post it anyway. Multiple backlit LCD's was something I felt it's needed, where you can use both the G1/P1 features, I/O docks for phones X/Y pads to replace the strip kind and a few other things I've added to the mix. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottym Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 Beam me up Scotty!!! Those two fantasy synth's are awesome!!! I cant help but think if some of the creative people on this forum got together and formed their own synth company The result would be synthesizer's that are decade's ahead of what big manufacturer's are currently producing. Thanks. Wow. Should increase the LCD size though. Is Casio reading this.. ? Yeah, it's something I considered doing but I didn't think I'd have much in the way of verticle space without altering the original circutery space and include the additional pattern banks to make it much bigger. It would need a complete redesign with a new LCD similar to that of a Triton size. The wip I posted above is actually slightly bigger than the other two however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomo Alegre Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 You do amazing creations. What is the phaso ray? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottym Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 You do amazing creations. What is the phaso ray? Phasoray was a unique and original name I came up with to replace D-Beam which originates with Roland's version. It's basically a laser which performs multiple functions like that of Rolands D-Beam but with an added function button called Pulse Rate.Pulses refer effectively to the switch on / off functionality like a gate system. The Pulse rate button can also be linked to the arpeggio features in the LCD menu's although a button could have been added on the main control panel like Arp Pulse..The height of one's hand changes the note value up and down the scale, the actual height and rate of movement determines the speed of the next note change combined with any assigned effect such as modulation or delays you perform by methods of wobbling your hand or any object in line of sight.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoovJazzy55 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 This was still a work in progress version I did after the first one I posted in my opening post, I didn't really get round to finishing it but thought I'd post it anyway. Multiple backlit LCD's was something I felt it's needed, where you can use both the G1/P1 features, I/O docks for phones X/Y pads to replace the strip kind and a few other things I've added to the mix. Can you do the same thing, but use a Native Instruments Maschine Studio or Mk2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Loving these concepts! One thing I would question though is having both the CZ-1 and CZ 101 as the two onboard 'synth engines'. The sound generation for both is identical, the CZ-1 is in all essence just a more powerful CZ 101 (with extra features and double the polyphony). I'd like to see maybe the HT6000 as a second synth engine, or maybe even a whole bank of infamous retro Casios recreated. Imagine having all that at your fingertips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 See what you can do with this. BTW. There's no good pics of this on google. I'll have to make a good one someday. For now this will have to do. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomo Alegre Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 See what you can do with this. http://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=205 The MZ-2000 model has it all! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Display Name Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Keys o' plenty, lots of cool touch screeny stuff AND a multiple beer taps! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomo Alegre Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Keys o' plenty, lots of cool touch screeny stuff AND a multiple beer taps! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! YOU'RE CRAZY, MAN!!! Taps of beer instead of knobs? A very rare 14-octaves keyboard... DANGER: Windows 8!!!! Or XP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Display Name Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Taps of beer instead of knobs? Yes but the taps send MIDI CC messages! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Arend Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 A fun day on the forum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomo Alegre Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) Yes but the taps send MIDI CC messages! Very, very, but very interesting. Does it send cold messages? Also does it send e-mails? Edited January 13, 2014 by David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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